In 2025, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) settled with student athletes, granting $2.8 billion in back payments to athletes over the last 10 years as well as allowing colleges to allocate up to $20 million each year to compensate student athletes (separate to scholarships).

You are a 26 year old Australian swimmer who attended the 2024 Paris Olympics but missed out on the podium. The enhanced games in May 2026 offers $250 000 for finishing first, $1m for breaking a world record and appearance fees for some high profile athletes. The world aquatic championships offers $20 000 for finishing first.

A significant set of business leaders expressed support for Donald Trump in the 2024 US Presidential Election. A majority of these people had not supported Trump in the 2016 or 2020 elections.

Sex-by-deception refers to sex that at least one party would not have agreed to, had they been aware of some material and deliberately hidden fact or facts about the person or people with whom they had sex (e.g. age, relationship to the deceived party, STI status, biological sex).

In 2025, the UK introduced a community sentencing “entertainment ban” that allowed convicted criminals to be banned from attending pubs, football games and other entertainment venues.

The strict-liability standard for defamation establishes liability simply because a false statement was published and caused harm, even if the defendant was not at fault (e.g. believed it was true).

Under a fault-based standard for defamation, the applicant must prove the respondent acted with a certain level of fault, such as negligence (failure to take reasonable care) or malice (intent to cause harm).

Both systems still allow for defences such as 'substantial truth'.

In the past, borrowing for all state governments and the Australian federal government was coordinated by the Loan Council, made up of state treasurers and the federal treasurer. Each state had one vote, with the federal treasurer holding a casting vote in the event of a tie. The federal government would borrow money from financial markets on behalf of all states, and the loan council would decide how much each of the state governments and the federal government would get.

Today, this system no longer operates. Each state borrows independently on financial markets, and there are no formal national limits on state borrowing.